vRewrite - SEOed URLs for vBulletin

About

vRewrite is an advance but simple system to rewrite vB's URLs. The rewrite system uses preg_match_all and str_replace to rewrite the URLs. It will rewrite any URLs that are dynamic ex: showthread.php?t= to /the-forum/title-of-the-forum-id.html. Why? SEs (Search Engines) rate results based on filename. Not only that, but most SEs give a "boost" to static URLs (what we do here) versus dynamic URLs. vRewrite accomplishes both of this, for all URLs that a search engine (or a guest) will see.

Installation

Please download vRewrite.zip and read install.html for more information on how to install it.

Requirements

vRewrite assumes that you are using Apache with the mod_rewrite module enabled, and running vBulletin 3.5.x. However, if you ask for support here on IIS' module or on vBulletin 3.0.x - I will be more then happy to assist you.

Contributions

I would like to thank Chroder and Cole for assisting me release vRewrite. I could not have released it if it wasn't for them.

I would like to thank the following people/boards for helping beta test vRewrite and making it a better product.

Gaming Ultimate, BP Gaming, NBS Designz Cyclez, Hosting-Talk and Forum University.

Copyright

I've spent many hours working and perfecting vRewrite. The only thing I ask you to do is if you use it, please keep the link back. If you wish to put it in your style instead, simply remove or comment out that line. However, if you use vRewrite you MUST link back. That is the only thing I ask.

Known Issues

There are no known issues with the latest release (1.0).

Support / Issues

If you have any problems or discover a bug please post here in this thread. I have also included my email in the install.html email for one-on-one support. The only thing I ask you is please do not post this email address publicly - it is my personal email.

Changelog

1.5 Release - vRewrite 1.5 has become stable, and all users under 1.5 RC3 and 1.0 need to upgrade. Support for 1.0 will no longer be offered, and you will be told simply to upgrade. Please continue to keep all bug and feature suggestions on the bug tracker at:

http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite

1.1 Release - Several bug fixes, and a few new features. Details here.

03/26/06 - Updated the thread to reflect vRewrite 1.5 Beta links. vRewrite files has NOT changed.

03/11/06 - Updated the thread to take advantage of vB.org's new prefix feature. vRewrite itself has NOT changed.

1.0 Release (02/19/06) - I have released the much awaited 1.0. This is the first stable release of vRewrite. All users now should be safe installing vRewrite. For more information, and how to upgrade, please see here.

1.0 Preview (01/12/06) - I have released a preview version of 1.0. This is the final version before 1.0 is considered stable. I believe everything should work in this new preview, but one bug (see known issues). Please see here for more information and how to upgrade.

01/05/06 - Updated ZIP to include a fix for boards running a table prefix. You do not need to upgrade unless you previously had SQL errors. You can upgrade by importing the product and choose "Allow Overwrite".

Donations

Any donations are very much appreciated! I do this out of my free time and work many hours on it - all for free. Anything to help is always very welcomed

If you use vRewrite, please click Install. This helps you keep track of additional upgrades and shows to me that you care about vRewrite


You may not post vRewrite ZIP or any files contained in the ZIP on any website. You may not also post any support requests/give support on any website other then this one, without my permission. If you do so, you will get a DMCA for copyright infringement. I do not want this spread to pirated users. Please stop piracy and do not share the source outside of this thread and vB.org/com. Thanks.

Support will only be obtained at:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=182

[nishv]

Originally Posted by minorgod

I just installed vRewrite 1.5.1 on vBulletin 3.6 and it's not doing anything at all to my URLs. All links in my board still look like regular dynamic links. Anyone have an idea why?

EDIT: Nevermind. I'm a new vBulletin user and am still finding my way around the admin interface. I discovered that I still had to go the "vBulletin Options--->vBulletin Options--->vRewrite" submenu and set the first option to "yes" to turn on the rewriting and configure the url formats. I had expected the settings to be somewhere under the "Plugins and Products" menu, but now I know better.

Did you manage to get it work? I am getting a 404 Error when I click on the forums categories... Any idea why?

[Rubal]

Hi,

Is this Mod supported on IIS 6.0/ISAPI Rewrite with vBulletin 3.6.0? If yes, then can someone help me with the ISAPI Rewrite Rules.

Thanks,

[noppid]

Originally Posted by Loco.M

seems like a lot of errors

Most all of them user error and politely solved by the author and those that are here in the community for the benefit of the community and have experience.

Nice job on this hack and supporting it!

I'm looking at making a ping back hack that may go real nice with this.

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by noppid

I'm looking at making a ping back hack that may go real nice with this.

thought there was one already ?
anyways, look forwad to it, is there a sitemap that will submit the re-written url's ?

[raagaswaram]

i have installed the plugin but when eveer i clicked on the post it redirects to the main page any idea why?

[WHMTalk]

WoooHOooo!!!

It's working just fine on vBulletin 3.6.0 Gold!!

Thank you so so much to create such a nice mod!!!!

Best regards,
Avinash Kumar,
http://www.whmtalk.com

[DavidL]

Originally Posted by raagaswaram

i have installed the plugin but when eveer i clicked on the post it redirects to the main page any idea why?

Did you upload the .htaccess and edit your templates?

[gilbert]

When I click in the showthread page:
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rating: Thread Rating: 1 votes, 4.00 average. Display Modes

It goes to www.myforum.com/#goto_threadtools etc. Anyone know how to fix this?

[raagaswaram]

hey, i did upload htaccess file and edited your template but still it redirect to main page i mean http://www.tamilthunder.com

Originally Posted by DavidL

Did you upload the .htaccess and edit your templates?

[rollo tamasi]

i have installed too but i'm getting some strange responses.
when i click on page 2 of a thread i get redirected to a totally different thread. Is there a fix for this?